News Linux News for Apr 08, 2008:

Linux...Why Is It So Hard to Give It Away?
(2008-04-08 00:00:08)
Datamation: "Can you give Linux away? By that, I mean will we see a point where a significant number of PCs are sold not with a costly version of Windows or Mac OS installed on them, but with Linux instead...?"

How Open Source (Ideas) Can Win the War and Save the Auto Industry
(2008-04-08 01:30:45)
Socialized Software: "I am often dismayed by the misappropriation of the term open source. Companies apply the term to products that are free though not open source. It's a classic marketing maneuver to leverage a brand that already has broad recognition..."

Is Ubuntu Becoming the Generic Linux Distro?
(2008-04-08 03:00:13)
Hardware 2.0: "Has anyone else noticed an increasing number of Linux newbies who seem to think that Ubuntu is Linux and Linux is Ubuntu...?"

Managing The GRUB Bootloader With QGRUBEditor On Ubuntu 7.10
(2008-04-08 04:30:07)
HowtoForge: "QGRUBEditor is a graphical frontend for managing the GRUB bootloader..."

Granular Distro Preview is Worth a Look
(2008-04-08 06:00:27)
Linux.com: "Granular Linux is a desktop-oriented distribution based on PCLinuxOS. Its primary goals are to be easy to use and user-friendly..."

First Impressions: Ubuntu 8.04 Beta
(2008-04-08 07:30:55)
Geek.com: "One of the bigger things happening in the OS industry right now is the pending arrival of Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)..."

VMware Workstation 6.5 Beta 1 with Unity Support
(2008-04-08 09:00:18)
Polish Linux: "The time has come to present you the new version of the virtualization environment: VMware Workstation 6.5 beta 1..."

Lug Radio Live; New BytesFree.org Position Paper
(2008-04-08 10:30:01)
FLOSS Ruminations: "I'm happy to announce that BytesFree.org will be represented at its first event, Lug Radio Live, which will be held at the Metreon in San Francisco on April 12th and 13th..."

The Hidden World of Linux
(2008-04-08 12:00:27)
Why am I still typing?'s Weblog: "In fact it is my considered belief that the best hardware to run Linux on is infact (almost) any machine that is at least 12 months old..."

HP Launches Linux-Loaded Eee PC Rival
(2008-04-08 12:45:57)
Register Hardware: "HP has launched its attempt to grab a little or a lot of the Asus Eee PC's success, two months after the sub-notebook slipped out onto the web..."

Linux Partisans Gather at Linux Foundation's Annual Meeting
(2008-04-08 13:30:23)
Linux-Watch: "How do you herd cats? Well, as the famous EDS commercial shows, it isn't easy..."

OOXML Vote Sparks Protest; EC Investigation Confirmed
(2008-04-08 14:00:32)
Roundup: And all the while, Microsoft still wonders what the fuss is about. Articles within.

A Linux Driver Project Status Report
(2008-04-08 14:30:05)
LWN: "The main problem is a lack of projects. It turns out that there really isn't much hardware that Linux doesn't already support..."

Open Source Decade: 10 Years After the Free Software Summit
(2008-04-08 15:00:17)
Ars Technica: "That pivotal event represents the point at which software freedom extended its reach beyond the enthusiast community and began its ascent into the mainstream..."

IDC Bullish on Linux in the Enterprise
(2008-04-08 15:30:17)
Linux.com: "The white paper notes that Linux is growing beyond its initial usage roots in the enterprise, where it provided basic infrastructure components such as Web, print, and DNS servers, networking, and security services..."

Open Source Key to Al Jazeera's Web 2.0 Success
(2008-04-08 16:00:33)
Computerworld Australia: "The news organisation is turning out to be a big fan open source software..."

Juniper's Linux IPS Hits 10Gb/sec
(2008-04-08 16:30:01)
internetnews.com: "Juniper's new platform comes at a time when the market for high-end intrusion prevention/detection systems is becoming a hotly contested one

Ubuntu Breathes New Life into School's Abandoned Hardware
(2008-04-08 17:00:07)
Computerworld Australia: "When the KDE-centric Ubuntu derivation, Kubuntu, was installed on the old gear--a mixture of Acer Veriton 3600s and 2.1Ghz V5100s--the school found it performed just as efficiently as on the newer hardware..."

Volantis Plants Open Seeds for Mobile App Growth
(2008-04-08 17:30:25)
Hoosier Penguin: "In the quest to get as much content to the mobile end user as is humanly possible, much of the content delivery to IP-enabled devices and cell phones is being handled by the large telecommunications providers themselves..."

SSC to Release Portal Code Under GPL
(2008-04-08 18:00:13)
Computerworld NZ: "...[T]he State Services Commission has agreed to release the code for the new New Zealand government portal under the open source GPL licence..."

The GPL's Poor Translation Into French
(2008-04-08 18:30:05)
The Open Road: "The cheekiness/gall of Free/Iliad is almost shocking..."

Succession Matters for Linux (And Everyone Else)
(2008-04-08 19:00:10)
A.P. Lawrence: "At Linux in the long run I expressed the opinion that Linux in general could suffer when Linus Torvalds steps aside or dies. That opinion is generally unpopular with the Linux community, but I think it's defensible..."

Is This the Start of Red Hat 2.0?
(2008-04-08 19:30:51)
Computerworld UK: "I must confess to a certain disappointment with Red Hat. On the one hand, it is clearly the leader of the open source world--both historically and in terms of its size..."

The Pros and Cons of Linux, Windows, and OSX
(2008-04-08 20:00:22)
Pack Rat Studios: "From time to time I am asked which operating system is the best in my opinion. This is a tough question to answer as there is no definitive answer..."

Why Are Hardware Manufacturers Keeping Specs to Themselves?
(2008-04-08 20:30:06)
sp's Free Software Blog: "This is one question I have been interested in ever since I started using GNU/Linux..."

Why Linux Desktop Fragmentation is a Good Thing
(2008-04-08 21:00:39)
Newsvine: "Apart from the fact that this is just impossible, I'd like to argue that this fragmentation is actually beneficial. Benefits that go beyond 'more choice...'"

Debunking the Analysts
(2008-04-08 21:45:45)
Socialized Software: "However, when it comes to IT buying decisions I have never been much of a fan of the big analyst firms..."

Will Google Android Eclipse Ubuntu Mobile?
(2008-04-08 22:30:11)
The VAR Guy: "But he's also starting to wonder if Google Android--rather than Ubuntu--will be the open source platform of choice for mobile Internet devices (MIDs)..."

Nine Improvements Needed in KDE
(2008-04-08 23:15:58)
Datamation: "After a week of regularly using KDE 4.0.2 and 4.03 releases on my laptops, these are the improvements that would enhance KDE the most..."

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